[EL] Replacing Theresa May

[Soren Dayton]

I can't think of a parliamentary system where a retiring PM causes an
election. This is very normal.

Over the last decade in Australia, for example, PMs of both parties have
been replaced by votes of the parliamentary party mid-cycle.

On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 10:52 PM Steven John Mulroy (smulroy) <
smulroy at memphis.edu> wrote:

>
> I understand that this mid-term replacement will be accomplished by a vote
> just among Conservative Party leaders plus some grass-roots members around
> the country.  Can someone more familiar with parliamentary systems explain
> how common this is? I thought that replacing a prime minister normally
> triggers an election.  Or, if not an election, then just a choice among the
> PMs from the majority party.  How typical or unusual is this apparently
> hybrid British approach?
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